Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 01792-475715;
www.swanseagrand.co.uk
; Singleton St)
The city's largest theatre stages a mixed
program of ballet, opera, musicals, theatre and pantomimes, plus a regular comedy club.
Taliesin Arts Centre
( 01792-602060;
www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk
; Swansea University, Mumbles Rd)
Part of the University of
Wales, Swansea, this vibrant arts centre named after a 6th-century bard sits next door to
the Egypt Centre (
Click here
)
and has a program of live music, theatre, dance and film.
PERFORMING ARTS
Orientation
The compact city centre clusters around Castle Sq and pedestrianised Oxford St on the
west bank of the River Tawe. To its south and east are the redeveloped docklands of the
Maritime Quarter, linked to the new SA1 district on the Tawe's east bank by the graceful
Sail Bridge (2003). The bus station and tourist office are on the western edge of the city
centre, by the Quadrant shopping centre. The train station is 600m north of Castle Sq
along Castle St and High St.
Uplands, where many guesthouses are found, is 1 mile west of the centre, on Mansel St
and Walter Rd. From the south edge of the centre, Oystermouth Rd runs for 5 miles west,
then south along Swansea Bay, becoming Mumbles Rd.
Information
Morriston Hospital
( 01792-702222; Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston)
Accident and emergency depart-
ment, 5 miles north of the city centre.
Police Station
(
101; Grove Pl)
Swansea Tourist Office
(
01792-468321;
www.visitswanseabay.com
; Plymouth St;
9.30am-5.30pm Mon-Sat
year-round, plus 10am-4pm Sun school holidays)
